Kanji 嶺 Words: Meanings and Readings

峯

みね

back of a blade

高根

たかね

high peak

分水嶺

ぶんすいれい

watershed

リンシャン牌

リンシャンパイ

replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong

海嶺

かいれい

(submarine) ridge

銀嶺

ぎんれい

silvery, snow-capped mountain

高値の花

たかねのはな

prize beyond one's reach

高嶺苦菜

たかねにがな

Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)

高嶺鷺草

たかねさぎそう

Platanthera maximowicziana (species of orchid)

高嶺桜

たかねざくら

Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)

高嶺七竃

たかねななかまど

Siberian mountain ash (Sorbus sambucifolia)

山嶺

さんれい

mountaintop

峻嶺

しゅんれい

steep peak

青嶺

あおね

lush mountain

雪嶺

せつれい

snow-capped peak

中央海嶺

ちゅうおうかいれい

mid-ocean ridge

函嶺

かんれい

the Hakone Mountains

峰桜

みねざくら

Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)

北嶺

ほくれい

Enryaku-ji (Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei)

嶺上

れんじょう

mountain top

嶺上開花

リンシャンカイホウ

winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong

嶺颪

ねおろし

wind coming from the top of a mountain